Spider-Man: The Other (Review Part 4)
This is the final part of Spider-Ben's review of Spider-Man: The Other. (Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 )
OK, I enjoyed this story but man, was I disappointed with the ending. There are a ton of questions that have not been answered. Here are some questions that were ignored or not answered:
- What was Spider-Man dying of at the beginning of the storyline? What was on that piece of paper Dr. Castillo gave him?
- How did Morlun return after being killed in Amazing Spider-Man volume 2 issue #35?
- What became of the spider creature lady he fought in part 10 and 11?
- What was in the cocoon at the end of part 11?
- Why did Morlun die so easily? He killed Spider-Man! Spidey fought in on one page in the hospital in part 7, but that wasn’t a rematch. I want a full blow issue of Spider revenge on Morlun!
These are just a few burning questions I have regarding this storyline. I enjoyed it, no doubt, but felt there was a lot of unnecessary filler in a 12-part storyline that could have been better used to resolve my questions above.
The art was pretty good for the arc. I really enjoy Mike Wieringo and Mike Deodato Jr’s artwork. I’d have to say Pat Lee really was the weakest artist on the arc. His style was just to obscure and rushed and really didn’t fit the tone of the story trying to be conveyed. But I loved the art on “Friendly Neighborhood” and “Amazing” issues. They rocked!
All in all, I have to give this storyline a B+. The storyline really kept me interested, and it was great having another Spider-Man crossover, but to many lingering questions prevented me from bestowing a higher grade. Still, I’ll get the Hardcover when it comes out in April.
Thank you for that review guys. I bought some of those issues and although it started well, it ended really bad. Good review a bit lenghty but good.